Intelligence Theories
Personality Theories
Social Theories
Prejudice & Discrimination
Motivation & Emotion
100

This psychologist proposed that intelligence is made up of fluid and crystallized intelligence

Raymond Cattell

100

Freud’s model of personality includes these three structures

Id, Ego, and Superego

100

This bias causes people to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when judging others

Fundamental Attribution Error

100

This is a negative attitude toward a person based solely on group membership

Prejudice

100

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs starts with this basic need

Physiological Needs

200

The Triarchic Theory of intelligence includes these three types

Analytical, Creative, and Practical intelligence

200

The Big Five personality traits can be remembered using this acronym

OCEAN or CANOE

200

In Asch’s famous experiment, participants conformed by doing this

giving an incorrect answer to match the group

200

This psychological term describes generalized beliefs about a group of people

Stereotype

200

This theory states that motivation comes from maintaining homeostasis

Drive-Reduction Theory

300

This theory suggests that there are multiple intelligences, including musical, bodily-kinesthetic, and naturalistic intelligence

Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory

300

This Neo-Freudian psychologist developed the Inferiority Complex and emphasized birth order

Alfred Adler

300

Milgram’s obedience study found that this percentage of participants administered the highest shock level

65%

300

This effect occurs when a stereotype influences someone’s performance on a task.

Stereotype Threat

300

In the James-Lange Theory, emotions occur in this order

physiological response first, then emotion

400

This term describes the gradual increase in IQ scores over time across generations

the Flynn Effect

400

This projective test involves interpreting ambiguous inkblots

Rorschach Inkblot Test

400

This concept explains why people in groups sometimes exert less effort than when working alone

Social Loafing

400

This type of discrimination occurs when someone is denied a job due to their age

Ageism

400

The Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory states that emotions require these two components

physiological arousal and cognitive labeling

500

What are the three strata of intelligence?

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory divides intelligence into three levels: general, broad, and narrow abilities

500

This theory argues that environment, behavior, and cognition all interact to shape personality

Bandura’s Reciprocal Determinism

500

The Bystander Effect occurs because of this psychological phenomenon

Diffusion of Responsibility

500

The Just-World Hypothesis leads people to believe this

“people get what they deserve” or “the world is fair”

500

This psychologist identified six universal emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise

Paul Ekman

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